Opinions on fishing spot.

[Ksam1234]

So I have two small lakes to choose from both equal distance away, the problem is I am not sure which one to go with before fall ends as I don't fish in the winter. I'm trying to break my PB and both are known for having bass between 6-8 pounds.. the one lake I have been at recently has ALOT of big bass but not as many bass in general. Every time I go to this spot I catch a couple 5 pounders and 4 pounders no problem.. lots of trees in which water etc for them to hide, with all the amounts of big bass I would assume there is even bigger in there or would I be wrong? The other lake is a little bigger maybe by 15 acres and has tons of bass but smaller ones. I have only caught two 5 pound bass out of there all year but tons of smaller sized ones. Both have a good bluegill/sunfish population, lots of frogs and craws and food source. I'm curious to which one would you think holds a true trophy sized or something between 6-8 pounds. Could having to many smaller bass inhibit a larger one to be there bc they eat everything? Or would all the huge bass in each other lake stop them from growing any bigger than they are now. 

[bigbill]

Here I fish three or four places locally. I find all of them hold bigger bass. This tells me it's not the 3 to 6lbers keeping up the bass populations. How do I know? I lost a few bigger bass plus seen them swim by me at the drop off. My jaw drops in awe.

 

if your fishing from shore, have your tackle box set up so your baits are easy to pull out. Grease your reels.

 

i would fish in the dark starting at 5:00am. But be very very quiet. Be very very stealthy. I'm so quiet I swear I'm not even there. Walk softly don't step on tree roots or rocks sticking up out of the ground. It sends sounds into the water it's natures alarm system. I use spinning reels too and open and close the bail by hand again no noise. I avoid the baitcaster click when the spool engages after a cast.

 

you want bigger bass, be stealthy. Fish early mornings and evenings. The bass turn on during these times. In the dark, early mornings the bass are at the shoreline looking for a easy meal. Onetime I used a flashlite at the waters edge and seen eels at the waters edge. I'm thinking the bass are near the shoreline feeding on these eels. A plastic worm could mimic these eels.

 

its not luck in fishing  it's our skills that catch fish.

[Ksam1234]

42 minutes ago, bigbill said:

Here I fish three or four places locally. I find all of them hold bigger bass. This tells me it's not the 3 to 6lbers keeping up the bass populations. How do I know? I lost a few bigger bass plus seen them swim by me at the drop off. My jaw drops in awe.

 

if your fishing from shore, have your tackle box set up so your baits are easy to pull out. Grease your reels.

 

i would fish in the dark starting at 5:00am. But be very very quiet. Be very very stealthy. I'm so quiet I swear I'm not even there. Walk softly don't step on tree roots or rocks sticking up out of the ground. It sends sounds into the water it's natures alarm system. I use spinning reels too and open and close the bail by hand again no noise. I avoid the baitcaster click when the spool engages after a cast.

 

you want bigger bass, be stealthy. Fish early mornings and evenings. The bass turn on during these times. In the dark, early mornings the bass are at the shoreline looking for a easy meal. Onetime I used a flashlite at the waters edge and seen eels at the waters edge. I'm thinking the bass are near the shoreline feeding on these eels. A plastic worm could mimic these eels.

 

its not luck in fishing  it's our skills that catch fish.

I actually fish in my canoe so I can hit the entire lakes and I try to be quiet as possible. I just am unsure of which lake might hold bigger bass. Having more bass in a lake stunting growth or maybe having less bass but bigger overall stunt growth bc there so fat and hungry 

[Sword of the Lord]

55 minutes ago, bigbill said:

Here I fish three or four places locally. I find all of them hold bigger bass. This tells me it's not the 3 to 6lbers keeping up the bass populations. How do I know? I lost a few bigger bass plus seen them swim by me at the drop off. My jaw drops in awe.

 

if your fishing from shore, have your tackle box set up so your baits are easy to pull out. Grease your reels.

 

i would fish in the dark starting at 5:00am. But be very very quiet. Be very very stealthy. I'm so quiet I swear I'm not even there. Walk softly don't step on tree roots or rocks sticking up out of the ground. It sends sounds into the water it's natures alarm system. I use spinning reels too and open and close the bail by hand again no noise. I avoid the baitcaster click when the spool engages after a cast.

 

you want bigger bass, be stealthy. Fish early mornings and evenings. The bass turn on during these times. In the dark, early mornings the bass are at the shoreline looking for a easy meal. Onetime I used a flashlite at the waters edge and seen eels at the waters edge. I'm thinking the bass are near the shoreline feeding on these eels. A plastic worm could mimic these eels.

 

its not luck in fishing  it's our skills that catch fish.

I wouldn't worry about the noise of walking or the click of a reel. As soon as your bait smacks water, all of your stealth just went away. 

[Ksam1234]

15 hours ago, Sword of the Lord said:

I wouldn't worry about the noise of walking or the click of a reel. As soon as your bait smacks water, all of your stealth just went away. 

Yeah it's funny, in the early mornings sometime when the lure hits the water I have had bass actually hammer it without even doing anything 

[long island basser]

I would fish the first lake you mention.

Id start by pitching a 3/8 brush jig/trailer in all that wood.

 

If you weren't 8 hours away, I'd come up there Saturday and help you fish it

[Ksam1234]

16 minutes ago, long island basser said:

I would fish the first lake you mention.

Id start by pitching a 3/8 brush jig/trailer in all that wood.

 

If you weren't 8 hours away, I'd come up there Saturday and help you fish it

Hey man any day your up by western New York I would take you to the best spot. But yeah I was thinking the first one.. it's crazy how catching 5 pound bass now seem like nothing after finding this little lake. I know there has to be bigger..